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PODCAST: Kiva: Online Microfinance

Special Feature: On Wednesday, May 27, 2009, I.M.O.W. hosted an evening with Jessica Jackley, co-founder of Kiva.org, the world's first peer-to-peer online microlending Web site. Kiva lets Internet users lend as little as US$25 to specific developing world entrepreneurs, providing affordable capital to help them start or expand a small business. Listen to a live recording of the event and read a transcript of our Web chat with Jessica. (64:21)